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Fazlur Rahman Malik

1919 - 1988

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Fazlur Rahman Malik ( Urdu: فضل الرحمان ملک; FAHZ-luhr-RAH-mahn-MAL-ik; September 21, 1919 – July 26, 1988), commonly known as Fazlur Rahman, was a modernist scholar and Islamic philosopher from present-day Pakistan. Recognized as a leading liberal reformer within Islam, he focused on educational reform and promoting independent reasoning (ijtihad). His work has attracted both significant interest and criticism in Muslim-majority countries. His reformist ideas led to protests by over a thousand clerics, faqihs, muftis, and teachers in Pakistan, ultimately resulting in his exile. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fazlur Rahman Malik is the 1,067th most popular philosopher (down from 968th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 56th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Pakistani Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Fazlur Rahman Malik ranks 1,067 out of 1,267. Before him are Samuel ibn Tibbon, Friedrich Eduard Beneke, Amina Wadud, István Mészáros, Edmund Gettier, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. After him are Robert Spaemann, Jacob Taubes, William Thompson, Ioane Petritsi, Mary Daly, and Damaris Cudworth Masham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Fazlur Rahman Malik ranks 207. Before him are Polina Gelman, Olle Anderberg, Gottfried Dienst, Gert Fredriksson, Karl H. Pribram, and Vladimír Vašíček. After him are Veikko Huhtanen, Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Margot Hielscher, Billy Vaughn, Mustai Karim, and Pauline Kael. Among people deceased in 1988, Fazlur Rahman Malik ranks 146. Before him are Alfred Kelbassa, Steno, Frederick Loewe, Son House, Colleen Moore, and Abdulrahman Fawzi. After him are Bernard Leene, Hamengkubuwono IX, José Dolhem, Emeric Pressburger, Iosif Grigulevich, and Jan Brzák-Felix.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Fazlur Rahman Malik ranks 76 out of 217. Before him are Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (1988), Shyama (1935), Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (1904), Shah Mahmood Qureshi (1956), L. K. Advani (1927), and Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911). After him are Sunil Dutt (1929), Milkha Singh (1935), J. B. Kripalani (1888), Yash Chopra (1932), Prithviraj Kapoor (1906), and Nasirul Mulk (1950).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Pakistan

Among philosophers born in Pakistan, Fazlur Rahman Malik ranks 3. Before him are Chanakya (-375), and Asanga (300).

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